About

Software Engineer

Hi, I'm Karan! I'm a software engineer from London with a strong interest in scalable and reliable systems, reading, AI safety and Effective Altruism.

I'm building Epilogue Club, a book discovery platform that helps you find your next book.

Outside of work, I enjoy reading, playing board games, exploring new restaurants in London, disconnecting from technology and meeting driven but extremely kind people in the Effective Altruism community (if you're also kind and driven, but not in the EA community, I would enjoy meeting you, too!).

Interests

Reading, EA & Digital Minimalism

Reading:

I tend to like thought-provoking non-fiction books, usually accessible science books and biographies/memoirs. Here are some of my favourites broken down by genre:

All-time favourite: all seven Harry Potter books
Science: 'Why We Sleep', Matthew Walker
Sociology: 'The Better Angels of our Nature', Steven Pinker
History: 'Homo Deus', Yuval Noah Harari
Fantasy: Stardust, Neil Gaiman
Memoir: Educated, Tara Westover

Effective Altruism:

The main cause areas I'm interested in are:

AI safety
Global health and development
Earning to give
Climate change

In case you’re wondering, yes, I like bullet points.

Offline

I get deep pleasure from offline activities. A few years ago, I was disciplined at disconnecting from technology after work and minimising my screen time.

It's still important to me, and it's something I want to get better at. Some of the offline activities I enjoy are spending quality time with my wife (e.g. just sitting and chatting), catching up with friends, reading, spending time in nature, do nothing at all but think in solitude, going on walks, playing sports and playing board games.